Swann Galleries: Autographs, 2735, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Warhol; Robert Rauschenberg | Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg — Exhibition Invitation Signed |
1982 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 2 | Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin — Signature |
circa 1937 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 3 | James Jones | From Here to Eternity — Signed by Film Stars |
1952 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 4 | John Williams; Peter Benchley | John Williams and Peter Benchley — Two Items Signed |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 5 | James Gandolfini; Paul Newman | Group of 6 Photographs Signed and Inscribed |
N/A | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 6 | Al Hirschfeld | Two Books Signed and Inscribed |
1961; 1970 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 7 | Babe Ruth | Babe Ruth — Signature |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 8 | Connie Mack; Joe Louis; Alice Marble; Jack Dempsey; George Zaharias; Babe D. Zaharias; Suzanne Lenglen; Grover Cleveland Alexander; Helen Wills Moody; Jim Braddock; Tony Galento; Bob Shawkey; Tommy Burns | Group of 12 Items Signed or Signed and Inscribed |
N/A | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 9 | Shirley Temple | Shirley Temple — Group of 5 Photographs Inscribed and Signed |
1940s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 10 | Robert Anderson | Robert Anderson — Photograph Signed |
1861-1865 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 11 | Aaron Burr | Aaron Burr — Partly-printed Document Signed |
1800 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 12 | Jefferson Davis | Jefferson Davis — Three Checks and Photograph |
1871; 1873; circa 1859 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 13 | David G. Farragut | David G. Farragut — Photograph Signed |
1864-1866 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 14 | William Henry Furness | William Henry Furness — Autograph Letter Signed |
1892 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 15 | Robert Fulton | Robert Fulton — Autograph Manuscript with Ink Drawing |
circa 1813 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 16 | Elbridge Gerry | Elbridge Gerry — Autograph Letter Signed |
1776 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 17 | Alexander Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton — Autograph Note Signed |
1781 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 18 | Gilbert du Motier Lafayette | Gilbert du Motier Lafayette — Autograph Letter Signed |
1782 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 19 | John Marshall | John Marshall — Letter Signed |
1801 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 20 | Philip Henry Sheridan | Philip Henry Sheridan — Photograph Signed |
1864-1869 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 21 | Josiah Wedgwood | Josiah Wedgwood — Autograph Letter Signed |
1790; 1824 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown | |
| 22 | Mark Twain; William Lloyd Garrison; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Henry Ward Beecher; Henry W. Longfellow; Franklin Pierce; Wendell Phillips; Richard Henry Dana, Sr; Richard Henry Dana, Jr; Louis Agassiz; Charles Sumner; Jared Sparks; Joaquin Miller; Josiah Quin | Autograph Album Containing 38 Items Signed |
1857-84 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 23 | Franklin D. Roosevelt; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Calvin Coolidge; Grace Coolidge; Harry Truman; Herbert Hoover; Will Rogers; Gary Cooper; Mary Pickford; Douglas Fairbanks; Spencer Tracy; Ed Wynn; Frederic March; Robert Ripley; Nell Brinkley; Bing Crosby; Dixi | Autograph Album Containing Over 30 Items |
1934-42 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 24 | Grover Cleveland; Thomas F. Bayard; William Crowninshield Endicott; William Collins Whitney; William F. Vilas; Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar; Augustus H. Garland; Morrison Waite; Samuel Freeman Miller; Stephen Johnson Field; Joseph P. Bradley; John Mar | Autograph Album Containing Over 300 Signatures |
circa 1886 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 25 | Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria of England | Prince Albert — Autograph Letter Signed |
1833 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Unknown |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.